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Cette version numérisée reproduit dans son intégralité la version originale. Les erreurs manifestes de typographie ont été corrigées.
La ponctuation a pu faire l’objet de quelques corrections mineures.
About This Book
A sequence of epic poems presents panoramic episodes and allegories that move between mythic and historical scenes, uniting cosmic meditations on decay and death with vivid portraits of empires, prophets, lovers, and ordinary people. Recurring motifs include the persistence of mortality, the tension between grandeur and ruin, religious and philosophical doubt, and the interplay of war, art, and destiny. Mixing narrative tableaux, lyrical invocations, and moral reflection, the poems alternate dramatic scenes and symbolic monologues to trace humanity’s rise, follies, and the cyclical pattern of destruction and renewal.